What island are you living on/wanting to move to and why?!?

For those of us exploring where we might want to move, we can talk about all of the pros and cons of the islands here!

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Permalink Reply by Jennie on July 17, 2011 at 7:18pm

aeri,

how is the weather like there? is it always t-shirt and shorts, or do some days a bit chilly? is the climate mostly dry, or with humidity?

Permalink Reply by Jennie on July 19, 2011 at 3:04am

thanks so much aeri, very helpful! you are naked during the day? i'm assuming only at home in the hut right?

Permalink Reply by YesicanⓋXE on July 17, 2011 at 7:30pm

Im planning my first trip to the Big Island in dec-feb. Im going to guest practice with a roller derby league and found a place to woof for lodging in Kona. I would like to know about fruit prices and best places to buy it!

Permalink Reply by ZenOfDance on September 15, 2011 at 9:52pm

Where will you be woofing?

Permalink Reply by MagicMango on July 17, 2011 at 8:24pm

Considering coming over to check out the life there, perhaps Big Island, either end of year or otherwaise early 2012. Be interested to trade manual labour (of love) with fruit for lodge and fruit diet.

Permalink Reply by Stacey on July 18, 2011 at 3:18am

I feel like a lot of people go to the Big Island because it's cheaper and for some -easier to find a place that we can grow our own food. Reasons why I have been looking at the other islands is because 1. I'm not such a fan of the volcano and 2. I heard that the GMO papayas were all on the Big Island (but I'm not so sure about that). I feel kind of silly that these are the reasons, but I still think I may check out Maui next summer.

Permalink Reply by Stacey on July 19, 2011 at 3:38am

I really like how you see the volcano Aeri! I think I'm going to have to do some island hopping to figure out my real feelings.

Permalink Reply by Anthony Alexander Poshepny on August 29, 2012 at 12:08pm

Island Hopping the Spirit dance.

Permalink Reply by Kevin E on July 18, 2011 at 1:14pm

I'm looking at woofing opportunities on each of the islands. I signed up for the website (www.wwoofhawaii.org) and found about 10 reasonable farms with fruit in abundance. They're so many factors in finding the perfect farm! I don't want to be too isolated, I want to make sure there are more wwoofers than just myself... I want to partake in other activities like exploring, surfing, yoga, sports.... I read through like 200 farms on the website and found like 10 that look really legit. And I want to work hard on the land and reap fresh organic fruits and veg most importantly. Also learn a bit about organic farming, permaculture, sustainability... I could go on. I'm pumped to make this happen and get connected over there but its gonna take some work...

Permalink Reply by joce on July 19, 2011 at 7:02am

Kevin Engelbert:

Hi there! I got my Hawaii WWWOOF guide awhile back but have been moving kinda slow with narrowing down which farms look most promising. Was thinking I'd just send an email forward to all of them and see who responds. But I'd love to hear which 10 you've decided are most "legit" and what criteria you used to decide that. You got me curious :)

Permalink Reply by Kevin E on July 19, 2011 at 8:36am

hi joce, i have been reading all the farms sites like

www.wwoofhawaii.org

www.growfood.org

www.helpx.net

while using google and google maps to search for information regarding the farms from other wwoofers, and looking for farms actual websites. basically any information possible.

I have gained some knowledge of how the islands seem to be structured, aswell as where the majority of farms are located.

I'm looking for a farm that focuses on sustainability, organic farming techniques, and fruits and vegetables.

I want to be part of a community, and not alone in my wwoofing experience. Surfing, yoga, exploring and all kinds of sports/activities. Mainly I'm looking to work hard in learning about organic farming in return for a place to live and fresh fruit and veg to sustain myself on. Obviously i'm looking for a farm that specifically has a focus on fruit trees and green gardening.

There is a lot of information to sort through and ive been researching for like 3 days for a few hours each day. It seems on Big Island south of Hilo seems to be a lot of good farms. So i know if one isnt working out so well, I can have easy access to other farms in the area to learn from. There are good farms everywhere! but south of hilo had like 5 or 6 that i really liked around that area.

Permalink Reply by joce on July 20, 2011 at 5:06pm

Kevin: Oh my gosh, I would be so incredibly excited if you'd share some of the info you've gathered. That's so cool that you've weeding through the options in such a focused way. Not sure why I haven't done similar yet (well other than gathering info here and there, just not in a particularly quick, focused way), as I've been daydreaming about Hawaii for at least a couple years now. Would you be willing to share?

That's cool you're using sites beyond just the WWWOOF site.

One thing I noticed tonight is a place called Hedonisia. I looked up Hawaii jobs on idealist.org and some came up there. I think it's in a real hippie-ish section of Big Island, which sounds good to me. Just wanna know if it's a safe, good place before traveling all that way to it.

Anyone reading know much about Hedonisia?